Forwarded from a Loyalist Mail list: > Surnames: ROSE, BONGARD, Roemermann/Rimerman, Meinecke/Minaker > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/mN.2ADE/152 > > Located in the Prince Edward County, on Quinte Isle, > Lake Ontario. Easy to reach from Picton, Ontario on > Country Road 8 going south-east. Here is a description: > > On Country Road 8, you will come upon Rose House, > an 18th Century pioneers home, now a fine museum. > Museum staff dress in Loyalist costume and are there > to answer your questions. The annual German Supper, > in October is not to be missed! Along County Road 8 > you'll find some wonderful spots to eat, spend the night > and shop. = So says an advertisement from the County. > > Henry Rose, the original builder of the home was a > soldier of the Brunswick troops who came to Canada > in 1776 to help the British against the American rebellion. > After the Revolution he was one of the Hessian soldier > settlers in North Marysburg, the Fifth Township. > > The Rose House itself was build from the logs of the > first Lutheran Church built by the first Hessian settlers, > who came in 1784 as a Historical plaque in front of > the Rose House explains. > > In commemoration of the 220th Anniversary of this first > Hessian settlement in Ontario, a Hessian Day will be > celebrated and all Hessian descendants are invited to > take part in the festivities. I have been told that there > will be a big tent, music, food, and entertainment. Yours > truly will present to the Museum a bronce > 'HESSIAN SOLDIER' plaque, to remember these hardy > soldier-settlers of 1784. > > More about this event in future postings to this Board/List. > > Yours truly, > John Helmut Merz > Hamilton, Ontario.